Gatheryn has entered into beta and can now be played by anyone by downloading the client here.

Gatheryn is a steam-punk MMO that should cater to the lovers of that genre and to those who think that an MMO is not all about combat.

Massively interviewed Game Studio Director Isa Anne Stamos from the indie developer Mindfuse who are working on their steam-punk MMO Gatheryn.

Massively: We first took a look at Gatheryn at GDC earlier this year, and liked what we saw so far. Can you describe some of the major feature changes or updates to the game since then?

Isa Anne Stamos, MindFuse: Generally, we've been focusing on building out the early stages of the Gatheryn experience – adjusting the layout of the city, adding variations to character customization, and creating a deep casual gaming experience that players can enjoy the minute they enter Gatheryn. Specifically, we just added a Player Health feature that measures your avatar's fatigue and gives us some creative options for healing items and quests. We're also filling in a lot of the quests and minigames – we've probably added a few since you saw us at GDC. We're also working hard to build up the community tools because we rely heavily on them to communicate with our beta users - they're crucial to getting player feedback in these early stages of development.

The closed beta registration for the steampunk MMO Gatheryn has opened. Gatheryn, a free to play game, immerses the player in a Victorian Steampunk world with several storylines and many adventures intended for the casual gamer who has enough of killing loads of monsters or other players to level up.